Builds By Baz- Full scale Mk II Colonial Viper

Lear60man · Dec 12, 2018

When members start these types of massive projects, half of me shakes my head while the other half screams Go Go Go! You have earned the GO Go Go award. On another note....Im a watch guy, what is the tan watch you are wearing.....some sort of Gshock?

sandbagger · Dec 13, 2018

Lear60man said:
When members start these types of massive projects, half of me shakes my head while the other half screams Go Go Go! You have earned the GO Go Go award. On another note....Im a watch guy, what is the tan watch you are wearing.....some sort of Gshock?

Thanks mate.

It's a G-Shock Mudmaster.

sandbagger · Dec 13, 2018

Front half of first mass accelerator cannon turned to size and sanded silky smooth!

Stojespal · Dec 13, 2018

I wonder if you could put a steel cup on the interior of the barrel like a liner, then set some small fireworks in it and light them off to simulate gunfire.

sandbagger · Dec 14, 2018

Started on the next one. I'll do both front ends first, change arbours the do the back ends.

In the mean-time at home, I'm working on the engine exhausts and the internal turbines.

Stack of engine exhaust rings, ready to assemble the turkey feathers on.

SofaKing01 · Dec 14, 2018

WOW! Absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for sharing the project. Looking forward to the next update.

sandbagger · Dec 14, 2018

SofaKing01 said:
WOW! Absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for sharing the project. Looking forward to the next update.

My pleasure mate.

Nick K · Dec 14, 2018

Congratulations on a wonderful build. Thanks for the pics which are always insirational. Will be keeping a close eye on this.

sandbagger · Dec 15, 2018

Nick K said:
Congratulations on a wonderful build. Thanks for the pics which are always insirational. Will be keeping a close eye on this.

Thanks Nick.

sandbagger · Dec 15, 2018

I've been working on concurrent activities all over the ship, but while some things are on hold, waiting for the right moment/planets to align,. my workbench at home has the engine exhausts on the go.

I toyed with roll-forming steel rings to make a cage, but the hollow section profiles proved problematic at best, so I have gone back to wood.

Here's the top engine exhaust under construction.

sandbagger · Dec 15, 2018

After working on the spacing a little, I ran out of reasonable hours to keep making noise, so I started planning out the turbine fans in aluminium plate.

sandbagger · Dec 16, 2018

Today was a good mix of the engine work and a little trip out to Myles' place to finish turning the cannons. I brought the barrel ends home tonight with a couple of borers, to drill them out to 30mm as per the ammunition calibre.

Back in the shed tonight and continued on the engine turkey feathers, than a bit of sheetmetal cutting to make the turbine fans.

joberg · Dec 16, 2018

Wow and double wow mate

Look at the size of those canons!! Looking soooooo cool

sandbagger · Dec 17, 2018

Thanks JB.

After work this afternoon, I returned to Myles’s workshop to finish gluing up the cannons. Myles had a few nice little tips and tricks that made things go smoother, plus because of his earlier precision, I was able to use the octagonal arbours we made to fill the end of the guns and centre and seat the barrel. Not shown, I dowelled the octagons and removed the screw. Myles suggested that I might want to bore the barrel end out later and the screw would get in the way. I agreed.

I spent all my earnings from a recent knife sale and bought paint and glue for the next few stages. Last night I stayed up until well after midnight to paint an engine exhaust and one of the guns.

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sandbagger · Dec 20, 2018

Scratch-designing my turbines at the rear. I know I am taking a lot of licence inside these engines, especially after being so careful to stay faithful everywhere else... but something the X-Wing fighter on display last year, at the Tuggeranong Hyperdome showed me - is that some static displays suck.

Sure it LOOKED similar to the fighter from the movies, but close inspection revealed it to be flat, static, flimsy, rough molded and BORING. My engines will be multi layered, have depth and moving parts. Light, sound and motion.

Bear with me...

I have used a combination of lightweight and easy to source materials, sacrificing a little bit of weight for weldablility, as I can't weld aluminium to save my life, so I've used steel.